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homicides can be attributed to from a cross-cultural perspective, sexual jealousy. Some of this is still legally tolerated even today. Up until 1974 it was, for instance, still legal for a man to kill his wife and her lover if he caught them making love.
A Desire for Variety
Women have considerably more reservations than men about having casual, non-committal relationships irrespec- tive of whether they have a permanent relationship or not or whether they are happy in this relationship. This has already been borne out by the phenomenon of prostitution. An American study has demonstrated that only 33% of unfaithful women saw their relationship as happy, while a good 56% of unfaithful men had this view.
Accordingly, the sexual fantasies of men revolve around sexual diversity and variety – more than those of women. There were different answers even to the question of how long one wants to know a partner before having sexual inter- course. Men cited by far the shortest time spans. The results of both interviews were of course very culture-specific. The answers also vary depending on sexual morals. Yet as cul- turally variable the concrete values were in individual instances, the really interesting result was that the diffe- rence in answers of men and women in all of the cultures studied revealed the same tendency. Men are clearly more
oriented to a given moment, whereas women are consider- ably more selective in their sexual behavior!
This fact is also reflected in the difference between male and female homosexuality. This is thus so telling because here the gender-typical proclivities appear in pure form as it were without the compromises that have to be accepted when living together with a member of the opposite sex. The find- ings prove that male homosexuals are more readily willing to engage in occasional sex than female homosexuals. An American study has shown that 94% of all male homose- xuals had intimate contact with more than 15 partners, whereas this was only true for 15% of the female homose- xuals. A different study showed that almost half of all inter- viewed male homosexuals claimed to have had more than 500 sexual partners.
In an Australian study (1997) on promiscuity 2,583 older homosexual men were interviewed. The average number of their sexual partners was 251. Only 2.7% of those inter- viewed had only had one sexual partner in their life. (Van de Ven, 1997) The Kinsey Institute (Bell and Weinberg, 1978) obtained similar results. (Bell and Weinberg, 1978) An Austrian study revealed that the interviewees had had an average of three sexual partners in the past month before the interview and an average of 14 sexual partners in the year before the interview. (Dür et al., 1992)
In Germany, female homosexuals generally live in a com- mitted partnership with one woman. More than half of the 350 lesbians studied by Akkermann (et al., 1990) were in a committed relationship based on love. Of the 151 fema- le homosexuals between the age of 18 and 35 interviewed by Schafer (1977) even 72% lived in a “committed rela-
tionship” at the time of the interview. This relationship had also, on average, lasted longer than the relationships of male homosexuals. Most of these women shared a household with their partner. In 75 to 85% of all cases these relationships were monogamous and were characterized by a high degree of emotional intimacy and solidarity. As a result of their gender-specific social socialization women tended more than men to limit sex to intimate relationships. The strong couple orientation of female homosexuals can also be noted in making new friendships. The sexual relationship usual- ly grows out of a friendship, whereas most male homose- xuals initiate their relationship with a ‘fling’.
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Different Notions of the Vagina
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Primates use the erect penis not only to copulate, but also to threaten or impress other members of their species. In
A Desire for Variety
Women have considerably more reservations than men about having casual, non-committal relationships irrespec- tive of whether they have a permanent relationship or not or whether they are happy in this relationship. This has already been borne out by the phenomenon of prostitution. An American study has demonstrated that only 33% of unfaithful women saw their relationship as happy, while a good 56% of unfaithful men had this view.
Accordingly, the sexual fantasies of men revolve around sexual diversity and variety – more than those of women. There were different answers even to the question of how long one wants to know a partner before having sexual inter- course. Men cited by far the shortest time spans. The results of both interviews were of course very culture-specific. The answers also vary depending on sexual morals. Yet as cul- turally variable the concrete values were in individual instances, the really interesting result was that the diffe- rence in answers of men and women in all of the cultures studied revealed the same tendency. Men are clearly more
oriented to a given moment, whereas women are consider- ably more selective in their sexual behavior!
This fact is also reflected in the difference between male and female homosexuality. This is thus so telling because here the gender-typical proclivities appear in pure form as it were without the compromises that have to be accepted when living together with a member of the opposite sex. The find- ings prove that male homosexuals are more readily willing to engage in occasional sex than female homosexuals. An American study has shown that 94% of all male homose- xuals had intimate contact with more than 15 partners, whereas this was only true for 15% of the female homose- xuals. A different study showed that almost half of all inter- viewed male homosexuals claimed to have had more than 500 sexual partners.
In an Australian study (1997) on promiscuity 2,583 older homosexual men were interviewed. The average number of their sexual partners was 251. Only 2.7% of those inter- viewed had only had one sexual partner in their life. (Van de Ven, 1997) The Kinsey Institute (Bell and Weinberg, 1978) obtained similar results. (Bell and Weinberg, 1978) An Austrian study revealed that the interviewees had had an average of three sexual partners in the past month before the interview and an average of 14 sexual partners in the year before the interview. (Dür et al., 1992)
In Germany, female homosexuals generally live in a com- mitted partnership with one woman. More than half of the 350 lesbians studied by Akkermann (et al., 1990) were in a committed relationship based on love. Of the 151 fema- le homosexuals between the age of 18 and 35 interviewed by Schafer (1977) even 72% lived in a “committed rela-
tionship” at the time of the interview. This relationship had also, on average, lasted longer than the relationships of male homosexuals. Most of these women shared a household with their partner. In 75 to 85% of all cases these relationships were monogamous and were characterized by a high degree of emotional intimacy and solidarity. As a result of their gender-specific social socialization women tended more than men to limit sex to intimate relationships. The strong couple orientation of female homosexuals can also be noted in making new friendships. The sexual relationship usual- ly grows out of a friendship, whereas most male homose- xuals initiate their relationship with a ‘fling’.
4.
Different Notions of the Vagina
Image
Primates use the erect penis not only to copulate, but also to threaten or impress other members of their species. In
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